Fishermen on the island of Whalsay were heavily fined for breaching the quotas in 2012.

In the Banff and Buchan area there is said to be high levels of fury over the EU’s common fisheries policy.

When Express.co.uk contacted SNP MP for Banff and Buchan Eilidh Whiteford’s office for comment on whether they believe EU fishing quotas may have affected the vote, they refused to acknowledge it.

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Nicola Sturgeon hopes to keep Scotland in the EU

An SNP spokesman said: "Scotland voted against Brexit by an overwhelming majority, with 62% of people voting remain, and a majority in every local authority area, including Aberdeenshire.

"A Tory hard Brexit that drags us out of the Single Market is a massive threat to Scotland's economy, jobs and public services – with a projected cost of 80,000 job losses and a £2,000 ‎cut in wages per head within a decade, and an overall economic cost of around £11billion a year by 2030.

"The Tory government has absolutely no mandate to drag us out of the single market. Theresa May must live up to her commitment to treat Scotland as an equal partner by respecting Scotland's vote and the Scottish Government's compromise proposals to keep Scotland in the Single Market."

Despite Scots overall voting to Remain in the EU, Scotland will leave the crumbling bloc because the UK as a whole voted to do so.

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has argued the split could trigger a second independence referendum.

It comes as Scottish Greens MSP Ross Greer said Scotland is almost certainly heading towards a new independence referendum after the UK triggers the process to leave the EU.

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Continued cooperation with the EU to tackle terrorism and international crime.

Mr Greer, key figure in the failed 2014 independence campaign, said Theresa May’s Government has been unwilling to consider what compromise options might be open for Scotland.

He said: "That leaves us in a position of polar opposites: we can either be part of hard Brexit which tilts towards (President) Trump's America or we can be part of the European family as an independent state.”